The left joins with right against the middle takes on the Trump/Mamdani meeting are way off. There is nothing substantive here. There will be no policy breakthroughs. That’s not what this is about. It’s about a young smart guy who knew how to play an old fool who worships stars.

This is what Democracy looks like. Zohran K Mamdani's Transition Team members, Lina Khan and Dean Fuleihan, joined Starbucks workers on the picket line because making NYC affordable means an end to unfair labor practices and a living wage for workers. #UnionStrong #TogetherWeRise

In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ... ... listen to Steve Wozniak.

I think if you need to read one piece about the unpleasant last week in elite journalism and why it matters, read this by @marisakabas.bsky.social (and subscribe, she regularly breaks government and politics news you get elsewhere two weeks later)

The Case Of The Sunburned Junk Ran Into God On the Bottom Rung Heart Bird Dream Leave Me After the Mountain What She Had Tattooed Across Her Heart These Apartments Wildfire Burning Trimmigration Blues An American Family Goin' Back To Humboldt

"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends." The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

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NEW: This is one hell of an opening paragraph from Jim Comey's attorneys in his motion to get the grand jury materials in the case against him.

Didn’t we FIGHT the swastika people?

Trump has reportedly been in conversation with Paramount and his billionaire ally Larry Ellison about a potential takeover of CNN that would include firing journalists he dislikes. Billionaire control of the media is a danger to us all.

This is really interesting thread. (About apparently gross incompetence by MAGA/Trump favored Mar-a-Lago-look prosecutor for Comey case) To put it in perspective: This much incompetence in aviation world could have led to hundreds of deaths. It *would* have led to punishment and accountability.

www.ashkenaz.com/donate A VERY Dead-friendly venue in the Bay Area needs our help!

TONIGHT 6:30-8:30 at Luigi’s in Martinez CA. Excellent sandwiches, too!

Holy crap, if this isn't the ultimate "don't look behind the curtain" strategy. Don't question why things are the way they are; don't look at who's orchestrating it; don't even consider changing it. Focus on trimming your holiday gift list. For fuck's sake.

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Grateful Dead Hour no. 1939 Week of November 17, 2025 Part 1 36:09 Grateful Dead 12/30/83 San Francisco Civic Auditorium DRUMS-> SPACE-> MIND LEFT BODY JAM-> TRUCKIN'-> WHARF RAT

I am happy about this little jam I did at the end of my daily live set: www.youtube.com/live/AFSyoqx...

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This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms: ✅He personally directs criminal investigations. ✅He is targeting opponents. ✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents. Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀

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Grapefruit 😇 #art #oilpainting

Snugglepuss update

This is fantastic 😂

I'm mad about the shut down and worried about healthcare, but not letting people starve is a pretty good reason to cave on this bureaucratic fight, the more I think about it. So just say that: Republicans wanted you to starve rather than compromise, so we let this one go.

instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."

We aren’t posting new ones any more, but here is a repository of GD Hours on DeadNet: www.dead.net/features/gdh...

The Trump admin is a Make-a-Wish Foundation for idiots and we all have to suffer through them getting up to a high school sophomore level of economic and scientific knowledge. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Since January, Trump's Treasury has quietly gutted enforcement of the corporate alternative minimum tax — a huge boon for big business and wealthy investors. Meanwhile, he's led an all-out assault on Medicaid, SNAP, and other programs that help the poor. Reverse Robin Hood.

Democrats just swept the off-year elections -- and not just in blue states -- a resounding rejection of Republicans' authoritarian bullshit. It is an insult to Democratic voters, marketplace enrollees, and everyone who turned out on Tuesday for Schumer and Jeffries to cave.

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First rule of Dunning-Kruger club, you dont know you're in Dunning-Kruger club

Something lost in the prices/affordability convo is that dismantling regulators shifts a financial burden onto consumers. They’re at much greater risk from various forms of fraud and less likely to comparison shop because of the likelihood that an unfamiliar product will be dangerous or defective

I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police. It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.

Some Sunday reflections on a very consequential week in our politics 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/sunday-hop...

Everyone everywhere is invited to help out. This LAST CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION OF 2025 is in Tennessee and we could your help! FLIP this seat! www.aftynforcongress.com #AFTYN4Congress #voteearlyvoteAFTYN

BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...